thank you. ♪ tavis: i am pleased and delighted to have ashley judd.he is a longtime human-rights advocate who has gone to a dozen troubled nations around the globe, including the condo. this work and serves as the basis of her new more "all that is bitter and sweet." it is an honor to have you on the set. >> it is good to be here. >> i hope you -- tavis: i hope you appreciate the fact@ú@ú@ú@úú just to make you feel comfortable, i wore a tie of a certain color that i thought you would appreciate. >> i did sense when i stepped onto the stage -- the big blue mist over coming me put me significantly at ease. by the way, i do think my team has a strong chance of being the no. 1 favorite. of april is my birthday. it is only a bill that we care about these things. thank you. that is great. i appreciate that. tavis: for those of you did not get that -- >> i am rocking the pit stains. tavis: ashley is a huge kentucky fans. i went to indiana and we hate ky. but i love ashley. so, anyway. this conversation is off to a great start. it is nice to see you, too. thi

be interesting. >> i don't know if that's going to happen. >>> also coming up making big waves, ashley juddcourse, the other sister of the judds. winona and naomi who travel and have many hits out there in the country world. well, ashley made a great name for herself as an actress but she's just come out with this book that is called "all that is bitter and sweet" in which she reveals she suffered a lot in the family. she said there was some sexual abuse, there was some substance abuse and at one point in time apparently mother, sister and they said our family put the fun in dysfunction. ashley said, you know what, mom and sister, it wasn't so fun for me. it was traumatic and she's really dishing up everything in this book. >> the judds were iconic and still are in the music scene and of course she's on the silver screen so there you go. >>> some engagement news. i know you love these stories. >> i do. not to be vain, i want to see this ring that's going to come from this engagement. >> there it is. shawn parker of facebook made his real fame back in 19 999 wh he founded napster, the file-s

nothing's more real than reddi-wip. >>> we are back with actress ashley judd. new memoir, "all that is bitter and sweet," she reveals how growing up in the musical judd family had all the makings of a tragic country song. we were talking about how the book is about your advocacy work, but in order to explain where you are at this point in life, you have to explain where you have been. i think that's getting a lot of attention. >> it is. i have made a decision actually to be complete lly abstinent fr the press. i started writing diaries to commemorate the narratives when i began visiting brothels in slams and forcibly displaced person camps. i wanted to share the stories that were being entrusted to me and i needed to write to process because i was so staggered by the realities with which the majority of the people with whom we share our fragile planet live and i didn't know where to put it. i didn't have a place in my brain or heart so i started putting it on the page. then i also wanted to talk about the effective and inexpensive grassroots solutions i was seei

. >>> and actress ashley judd is live in studio to talk about her new memoir. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one.

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a conversation with actress ashley judd on her memoir. that is next time. we will see you there."bittersweet." >> all i know is his name difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles of economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org- andy mcconnell: so are you saying that this vase actually belonged to field marshal montgomery? his parents-- his father was a minister in moville and they lived in the house. and the vase was in the house when my son-in-law's father bought it. so your son-in-law's father buys the house and this is part of the contents of the house. yes, that's part of the contents. it sat at the top of the stairs-- at the top of a spiral stairc

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i have to say, i haven't been this excited about two people i don't know getting married since ashley juddranchitti. it's -- the royal wedding is on friday. it starts at 6:00 a.m. new york time here in the united states. which means we're only 72 hours away from a youtube video of prince charles doing the macarena. i am so excited. unless something weird happens, prince william and kate middleton will tie the knot. here's a fun thing to do. whenever someone brings the royal wedding up, say a friend of mine slept with kate middleton about a year before she met the prince. people go crazy. i'm mostly interested in the royal wedding for the fashion. i cannot wait to see her dress. oh. it's -- "the new york times" and cbs did a poll saying only 6% of americans have been following news of this wedding closely. the other 94% are trying to keep up with the kardashians. in england -- i have a friend over there. i should say i have a chap over there, that's how they say it, who says the trains are empty because everyone took the week off from work for the wedding that we're not invited to. people a